The Southeast Maritime and Transportation (SMART) Center

The Southeast Maritime and Transportation (SMART) Center is a National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Center in the maritime and transportation industry. It serves as a regional educational and economic model for preparing a sustainable, globally-prepared maritime and transportation workforce for the 21st century. It is one of 39 ATE Centers across the country focused on improving STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematic) education to meet the technician workforce needs of advanced technological industries in the U.S. It is the only ATE Center solely focused on the maritime and transportation industry.

Working closely with industry and education partners the SMART Center is focused on:

facilitating synergistic partnerships between industry partners, educators, and community college workforce development departments

Material on this site is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number DUE 1003068. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation or Tidewater Community College (TCC).